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Organizational culture shock: ethnographic fieldwork strategies for the novice health science researcher

Kulturschock in Organisationen: ethnografische Feldforschungsstrategien für Noviz/innen in der Gesundheitsforschung
Choque cultural organizacional: estrategias de trabajo de campo etnográfico para el investigador novato en ciencias de la salud
[journal article]

Malachowski, Cindy K.

Abstract

The increased use of ethnography in health science research warrants an in-depth examination of the experiential account of ethnographic data collection. Using Oberg's classic definition of "culture shock" as a framework, I share my experience as a novice researcher conducting fieldwork as part of a... view more

The increased use of ethnography in health science research warrants an in-depth examination of the experiential account of ethnographic data collection. Using Oberg's classic definition of "culture shock" as a framework, I share my experience as a novice researcher conducting fieldwork as part of an institutional ethnography on workplace mental health. I draw attention to the typically unspoken aspects of ethnography throughout this account by providing insights on role contradictions, in addition to ethical, emotional, and practical issues that are not readily addressed in traditional methodological descriptions of ethnography. I conclude with a variety of strategies for the novice health science researcher to effectively negotiate some of the typical dilemmas experienced in this type of research. (author's abstract)... view less


Die vermehrte Nutzung ethnografischer Methoden in der Gesundheitsforschung erlaubt eine intensive Analyse empirisch erhobener Daten. Indem ich das Konzept des Kulturschocks von Oberg (1960) verwende, reflektiere ich die Erfahrungen, die ich als Novizin in meiner Feldforschung gewonnen habe, die eine... view more

Die vermehrte Nutzung ethnografischer Methoden in der Gesundheitsforschung erlaubt eine intensive Analyse empirisch erhobener Daten. Indem ich das Konzept des Kulturschocks von Oberg (1960) verwende, reflektiere ich die Erfahrungen, die ich als Novizin in meiner Feldforschung gewonnen habe, die eine institutionelle Ethnografie von Arbeitsplätzen im Feld der psychischen Gesundheitsversorgung zum Ziel hatte. Ich behandele dabei auch Themen, die üblicherweise in Ethnografien ausgespart bleiben, so bspw. den Umgang mit Rollenwidersprüchen, aber auch ethische, emotionale und praktische Belange. Ich schließe mit einigen Ratschlägen für Noviz/innen, um möglichst effektiv mit einigen der typischen Dilemmata in dieser Art von Forschung umgehen zu können. (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
ethnography; field research; health science; scientist; ethnomethodology; psychosocial care; mental health; culture shock

Classification
Research Design
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology

Method
empirical; qualitative empirical

Document language
English

Publication Year
2015

Page/Pages
16 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 16 (2015) 2

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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